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This presentation was given at HMRC on 24 July 2012 to an audience of more than 80 civil servants from across government departments.
Authors
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Andrew Leicester
![Imran Rasul](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-08/Imran-Rasul.jpg?itok=8V_L5clA)
CPP Director, IFS Research Director
Imran is Professor of Economics at University College London and Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the IFS.
![Peter Levell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Peter_Levell.jpg?itok=QouDiSQD)
Associate Director
Peter joined in 2009. He has published several papers on the microeconomics of household spending and labour supply decisions over the life-cycle.
Presentation details
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
A, Leicester and P, Levell and I, Rasul. (2012). 'Tax and benefit policy: insights from behavioural economics' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/tax-and-benefit-policy-insights-behavioural-economics (accessed: 2 July 2024).
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